brane

See also: Brane and bráně

English

Open strings attached to a pair of D-branes.

Etymology

Contracted form of membrane.

Pronunciation

• enPR: brān, IPA^(key): /bɹeɪn/
• Homophone: brain
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

brane (plural branes)

1. (physics) A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.

Derived terms

• black brane
• p-brane

Translations

hypothetical object

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膜 (zh) (mó)

• Finnish: braani
• French: brane (fr) f
• Italian: brana (it) f
• Portuguese: brana f
• Russian: бра́на (ru) f (brána)
• Spanish: brana f
• Swedish: bran (sv) n

References

• Burgess & Quevedo, "The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride", Scientific American, November 2007, pg. 57.

Anagrams

• Abner, Baren, Beran, Béarn, NBAer, Naber, baren, benar

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbranɛ/, [ˈbranə]

Verb

brane

1. inflection of brany:
   1. nominative/accusative singular neuter
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bræġn.

Noun

brane

1. Alternative form of brayn

Etymology 2

From brayn (noun).

Verb

brane

1. Alternative form of braynen

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.nɛ/
• Rhymes: -anɛ
• Syllabification: bra‧ne

Participle

brane

1. inflection of brany:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brane

1. inflection of brana:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural